It's a true story about when Whistler was commissioned by his patron Frederick Leyland to paint a room in his house. Apparently he went over the top and created an outrageous masterpiece which caused a quarrel between the two men. (He painted over very expensive leather walls). Whistler sounds like quite a character- hosting parties in the room while Leyland was away, and pretty much doing what he wanted and disregarding Leyland's wishes. The whole story and some additional pictures are here.

Madeleine really liked that the last page in the book has photographs of what the room looked like.

About Me

I have one husband, three children, two cats and a house full of too many books to count. I love to read, ride my bike, bake, develop my own photographs, and I've been known to neglect all housework to play with my kids.